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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALPHONSO D. WASTE, OF GALESBURG, ILLINOIS.

SPRING-LOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,794., dated A rnee, 1881.

Application filed May 8, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALPHONSO D. WASTE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Galesburg, in the county of Knox and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring-Loops for Filing Papers; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and-use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of one of my spring-loops and a transverse sectional elevation of the holding-wire, showing one means forconnecting a paper thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective, showing theloop suspended on holding-wire and one method of attaching the spring-loop to a paper. Fig. 3 is asectional elevation, showing a series ofpapers tiled.

This invention relates to a spring-loop for suspending files of papers, letters, pamphlets, or other articles on a suitable wire or rod; and the invention consists in a loop formed of spring-wire, bent so that it may be attached to the article to be filed, and so that its ends form inclined guides, which may be pressed against the holding-wire to separate the jaws and pass the loop over said wire, and further bent or formed so that the inclined sides of the loop proper form guides, whereby the holding-wire may be made to separate the loop-jaws to permit removal of the loop from the wire by simply drawing or pulling upon the loop or the article attached thereto, said loop having an attachmentby which a paper or other article can be secured thereto.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A represents the loop, formed of a spring of wire or other suitable material, bent intothe form of a triangle, with a base, B, and side parts or jaws, B, which side parts converge so as to touch, or nearly touch, each other at: b, and then diverge outward to form guide-jaws b, as clearly shown at Fig. 1. A strip of gummed paper, 0, attached to the part B of each loop, may be used to attach the loop to a paper or other article, D, as shown at Figs. 2 and 3. Other means ot' securing the loop to the article D may be used, such as by means of small staples, hooks, and otherwise, if preferred.

(No model.)

E is a wire or rod, which may project from a wall, a stand, or any other suitable place. The loops A, attached to the articles D, may be suspended on the wire E by placing the in: clined diverging jaws 1) against the wire, as shown by full lines at Fig. 1, and pressing upward to separate the parts, as shown by dotted lines at same figure, and thus allow the wire to come between the jaws B and the parts at b to spring together, as shown at Fig. 2. A series of papers or other articlcs,D,may be thus filed or suspended on aholding wire or rod, E, as shown at Fig. 8, and either of said articles D may be readily and easily removed by drawing downward on the spring-loop or on the article D, and thus separating the parts at b by pressure of the inclined jaws B on the wire E in the evident manner. When either paper or other article D has been removed from the Wire E, it may bereadily replaced in its former position on the wire relatively to the other articles D, and thus the order of filing not be interfered with by the removal and replacement of papers or articles D.

I am aware that spring-clasps of similar construction are old, andsuch- I do not wish to be understood as claiming broadly as of my invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y 1. A loop for filing papers or other articles, formed of a spring-wire or other suitable ma terial, bent substantially as shown, whereby its side portions come together, or nearly together, at their angles 1), from which angles its ends diverge outwardly to form inclined jaws b, which may be separated by pressure against a wire or rod, E, said loop having an attachment adapted for securing a paper thereto, substantially as specified.

2. In combination with a spring-loop having converging sides B and diverging ends I), a gummed paper, 0, attached to the springloop and adapted to be secured to a paper or other article, D, at one end and suspended on a rod or wire at the other, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

ALPHONSO D. WASTE.

Witnesses:

JOHN S. HoLMEs, JOHN A. LUNDEEN. 

